Fire Truck!!

What an exciting Tuesday! This morning we examined four illustrations (that will be turned into our picture rubric) for Writers Workshop. At this point, many of the children, if not all, will be telling stories using mostly pictures. To set expectations I presented four levels of illustration. The 1 was a drawing of a stick figure in one color, the 2 had a little more detail but was still in one color, the 3 had multiple colors and a little more details, the 4 was in full color and has many interesting details. Children were asked which they liked better and why. We've decided that when students work on their illustrations, they should aim to create something at the caliber of a 4.

For Science this morning, we did a directed drawing of a Spider and labeled its parts. This will be put in with their initial drawings and brought home in a spider notebook in their Thursday folder.

After recess, we put on our Fire fighter hats on and headed out to see Fire Engine #9 and a couple of the Fire fighters from Santa Clara Fire Department. They had lots of great information to share with us, about life as a firefighter and about fire safety. (They reminded us that it is suggested to change the batteries in your fire detector during daylight savings)

When we returned to class, we discussed Stop-Drop-Roll and practiced.

After lunch we had Computer Lab where we learned the puzzle game on Jumpstart Kindergarten. When we arrived back in the classroom, we had balloons and giftbags waiting, and it was finally time to celebrate Geremy, Devin, AND Alexa's birthdays. (Yes, THREE birthdays in class today) We read The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle before singing our own versions of the birthday song for each of the three birthday kids.

We ended the day with a little Fire Safety. We colored a diagram of Stop-Drop-Roll and also began the Fire Safety coloring book. Students will be bringing this home in their Thursday folder and can continue to color it at home. Please read through it with your children, as it contains tons of important information.